Over here we have blinds of 200/400 ante 25. Again it looks like half the giant room has been cleared, but there must be still two-thirds of it full...so 1500 players? Something like that. I'll go check in a second.

This last guy is on Padraig's table, and I caught him asking - "Who are you? I recognise you..." To which Padraig replied, perhaps expectedly, "Nope, my first time." Aage also just came fourth in the $1,500 NLHE here this week, and his clear good humour is apparently permanent, and not just to do with that nice result.

Jeff Burke has had a remarkable run up to his current 44,000 or so - the last big chunk came from eliminating Gavin Smith, no less. Jeff called Gavin's raise, and they saw a flop. Gavin bet out, Jeff moved in (for what must have been a sizeable overbet) and Gaving called with . Jeff showed ! The flush came, and Gavin went.

Womble is OUT - his last <2k went in with , and he found a call and a re-raise all-in (I think this is how it went). In any case, one potential opponent open folded - correctly, as Womble had to crack ! It was not to be and he's off hanging out with Ian and Ariston.

The big chunk was taken off him when he flopped a set of Eights on an Xs board. The guy bet, and Marc called.The turn was a blank, and when Matey bet again, Marc set him in. There was what one might reasonably call an unnecessary dwell as Matey thought and then said, "I don't want to call - the board might pair," before flipping over the nuts (top flush).

Then the last of it went in when Marc had , and hit an A 7 3 board. Two other players had seen the flop, and when Marc pushed for 4k the first one dwelled for a while and then called. A glimmer of hope shone, until he turned over 77 for the flopped set - the dwell had just been trying to get value out of the third Mateyboy! Ouch.